ah, missed that. Based on Bonfire of the Vanities I would say the
latter. It's a pretty good book but it contains no evidence at all of
a sense of humor.

Dana


On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:49:24 -0800, William Bowen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > now if you were an author... would you think that the publicity
> > generated by the award was worth the humiliation? Or not?
> 
> Well according to the article:
> 
> "Organisers said Wolfe, who is based in New York, was the first writer
> in the 12-year history of the competition to decline his invitation."
> 
> Which could mean they've always picked "nobodies" that need the
> attention or perhaps Tom Wolfe does not have a sense of humor.
> 
> :-)
> 
> --
> 
> will
> 
> "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
> and that would just be unacceptable."
> - Carrie Fisher
> 
> 

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